The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Queer Doctors and Patients.

The Buruan IS lu excill5.e parsonage
audrequlr=- li- medicine t1 De- A. specify
I'm obvious results ~ possible Couse-
quentlv bis doctors iu self defense have %
make their prescriptions az nasty lS they
possibly ca1-as gripping us a rlt-traP. ar
strong as a poIecar and ar Immediate in
action a. poker applied red-hot. a
Bengal apothecary once maded great rep.
utation by giving al his patients. indis-
cr.miuateLy q rea-uooutuI of trregOrv's
powders Cd swallow drv. This made
quite 5-lf si.g' dose for BUrmdn- It
was not only exceedingly nasty from the
very bgeinu.ug tut be lasted for d long
time and d-d not get anymore pleasant IN
the interval On the other hand. castor
oil i-a dlsma. EliIure from this point Of
view. Most Burmau- would drink a
quart ami smack their lips af1erit They
w0uId, however. be zaveiy iispiea-ed If
such pleasant beverage we're offered
them when unwell and l0nged for some
thing disazrsea5le While the robust
Burmau thus refuses % be- cured by any
thing which does uat eUme up O. the ira
dir0uai idea of medicine .H the way Of
making brl feel very uncomfortable. the
etfemiulte >iame-e. Cam50iaus and Ana
uese require " their doctors that their
prescriptions -laII oe eas little unpleasant
a- possible The demand create. a sup
ply-and II IS singular bow. with their
limited experience rbe local me,iicos are
able % produce drugs which are orlinI-
rily far from being dislgreeabie IJ Is
TRUE that among their remedies figure
crushed spiders, pieces ct reptiles. ground
-erpents' bones. -crauinzs rf the horns Of
Wild goats. ,J.igs. and rt4lnJcerDses. and
the scales 5f fishes and insects. which are
not altogether charming o. Western no.
-i0us. Orieu-lIs lrr- however. not -0 Ets-
tidioUs and. Judging from the other med-
Irines In their PharmIl0poeI4 these can
not be -o r-uul-irr l- Imagination figures
them The Anm-~e practitioners refer
All SicSue~- r5 IL disturbance 4f the eqIi-
Ebrilm iu the human economy. caused
by an excess either of heat or coid. This
-redtiv ~imp piid-~ matters f0r the doctor,
whatever may be the result for the pa
tient. Ia the one case. -edatves. such as
opium or Indian hemp. are used in the
other Stimu'auts Of the most extraor,ii-
nary VARIETY saffron and cinnamon
bark play very great part. and a species
of cslriamou which crows in Upper CAM
boia Is regarded l- 20 sovereign remedy.
When the sick man Is irritable it Is con-
.iiered well -s bring bin ton proper
frame Of mind by adu,iui-tring spoon
fIi ofL varu infusion Of the leaves Of
the patua srumoa.um. This at once
renders him tact5bie In Doubtful case-
the generally accepted ruie seemsto beto
give the patient thradv4ut5ge ofa hotlh-
potch 9f alL rhe contents Of the medicine
chest This always hasa definite result.
IF the man l. going TO get better rthere Is
sure % be- something ia the mixture
which viii help him on. Ifu1t. he sue
cumbs Immediately ami gives uo further
rr0n5le. Relatives Ire satisfied that h-
was lated o. jie fr fa dose Of every
known me'iiciue would Ha, set nun 1n
his ieGs again bis case must indeed have
been hopeless. of such a character was
the celebrated uostrlm exhibited to an
as5ouished English doctor II the Bengal
Medical ~ervice. This was "A green pow
der containing no less than hundred
and sixty different rngredient- tt was
of very great yalue in critical ca-e-.--
Th. >.ltrrfila R.Is-